Peter D Hoffman

We met Peter Hoffman at the lowest point in our lives. The day before our son was to attend a county funded preschool we were informed that the program did not employ anyone medically trained to insure the health & safety of our son. He was not allowed to attend the preschool program he was enrolled ...in which also provided all of his therapeutic services. The CPSE Meeting was awful & no solution was found. A week later, after meeting with several other attorneys, we met Peter Hoffman. He listened to us, gave us advice & instructions on what to write to our school district. He was direct, informative, helpful & kind all before we had agreed to hire him. He has always been direct, upfront & proactive with our son’s issues. Our journey to obtain the services denied to our son took a significant amount of time, however, without Peter our son would not have received any compensatory services for the year he was denied services. We appreciate everything Peter Hoffman has done on our son’s behave & highly recommended him to everyone.

I was a client of Peter Hoffman and utilized his services on a special education issue. I cannot recommend this attorney. He failed to adequately read contracts. For example, he overlooked a key clause. This clause released the district from all previous and future responsibilities as they rela...ted to the very issue we hired Mr. Hoffman. There were also problems with his billing. He promised us monthly bills. All we asked is that we be kept apprise of the hours being billed to us. There was only so much we could afford. We made Peter Hoffman aware of our concerns. He never billed us. He just had a bill collector call and demand more money to replenish our security deposit. Only then did we receive a bill. After that we took copious records and made recordings of our conversations. That was when we discovered his bill were not consistent with his actual work. In one instance he charged us for ½ hour or $250.00. We checked the recording and the call was under 1.5 minutes. That was when we released him. He conjured up reasons for keeping the majority of our security deposit. The worst part was that Mr. Hoffman attempted to bully us. He insisted that the only choice we had was to send our son away to an out of state school. Thank god that did not happen. After loosing $20,000; we feel so abused by Mr. Hoffman.

Peter was instrumental in obtaining the support necessary so that our child could attend the Special Education program that would allow him to grow and develop. Over the last 3 years, Peter went to bat for us against the school district and was able to negotiate a good deal so that we could afford t...his education for our child. Peter has always made himself available to attend IEP and CSE meetings with the District. As he was so well known in our District, his reputation preceded himself and was able to negotiate quickly, keeping our legal fees to a minimum. He really worked with us to get the best deal possible for our child. He put our child first, which is typically not the norm in the legal profession. At the end of this most recent 3-year deal, our child will be able to graduate High School and has the opportunity to actually go to and succeed in college. Peter's support alleviated the stress felt by our family and our child. Thank you Peter for your professionalism and no-nonsense attitude. Your approach was refreshing and effective.